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24. I think nihilists more aptly describes them than far left.

Thu Jan 21, 2021, 11:59 AM

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Nihilism

a doctrine or belief that conditions in the social organization are so bad as to make destruction desirable for its own sake independent of any constructive program or possibility

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nihilism

https://iep.utm.edu/nihilism/

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8 arrested after windows smashed at Democratic Party of Oregon building in Northeast Portland [View all] CentralMass Jan 2021 OP

Wingnuts Turin_C3PO Jan 2021 #1

I'm tired of these thugs making my city look like shit. Kittycow Jan 2021 #2

It gets old. CentralMass Jan 2021 #12

Far-left? How do they know that? Wicked Blue Jan 2021 #3

I've lived out here around 6 years now and history would say otherwise. CentralMass Jan 2021 #7

white supremacists bdamomma Jan 2021 #14

You can draw your own conclusions. CentralMass Jan 2021 #15

thank you for posting bdamomma Jan 2021 #18

You are welcome. CentralMass Jan 2021 #19

A 38 Year Old? ProfessorGAC Jan 2021 #4

I might be wrong but this smells of a right wing "false flag" operation Botany Jan 2021 #5

+1 moondust Jan 2021 #27

The ethos expressed more closely resembles the boogaloos... ret5hd Jan 2021 #6

You would think. CentralMass Jan 2021 #8

This message was self-deleted by its author bdamomma Jan 2021 #9

It doesn't make sense that any genuine self identified "leftist" engaged in vandalizing the msfiddlestix Jan 2021 #10

This is not new in Portland. It would be disingenuous to blame it on the right. CentralMass Jan 2021 #13

what precipitated this? Why now? msfiddlestix Jan 2021 #16

Who knows, there is an anarchistic element out here that feels the need to do this. CentralMass Jan 2021 #17

We have our anarchists in the Bay Area msfiddlestix Jan 2021 #20

I don't know if they have or need a cause. CentralMass Jan 2021 #21

They consider Democrats to be "fascist lite" LeftInTX Jan 2021 #33

Right, but I never associated antifa with anarchists. msfiddlestix Jan 2021 #34

Idiots superpatriotman Jan 2021 #11

Idiots? Sure. So far left they're right? Hardly Cuthbert Allgood Jan 2021 #30

How is it, that there are more young people being indoctrinated dreamland Jan 2021 #22

These protesters are not right wing. CentralMass Jan 2021 #23

You're the only one on this thread saying that Wednesdays Jan 2021 #25

Do you live in Oregon ? Did you read the article and watch the video? CentralMass Jan 2021 #29

Okay, I might have expected a response Wednesdays Jan 2021 #41

I didn't appreciate your insinuation. CentralMass Jan 2021 #45

Really. What did you expect your reply was going to yield ? CentralMass Jan 2021 #46

The poster is not wrong leftstreet Jan 2021 #35

Unfortunately, CentralMass is right they are a left wing anarchist movement. dustyscamp Jan 2021 #38

I live in the Bay Area, the violent Left very much exists Sympthsical Jan 2021 #44

I think nihilists more aptly describes them than far left. jalan48 Jan 2021 #24

Nihilists, anarchists. Where RW extremism merges LW extremism. Hortensis Jan 2021 #36

Typical Anarchists, young rebels without a clue. Roisin Ni Fiachra Jan 2021 #26

From statements, it seems likely the FBI and other services will be Hortensis Jan 2021 #40

Some are in their 30s JI7 Jan 2021 #42

"Young" is relative. nt Roisin Ni Fiachra Jan 2021 #47

Kyle Romstad mugshot 2020 Roisin Ni Fiachra Jan 2021 #28

All of the mugshots are here chowder66 Jan 2021 #31

You can't tell anyone's politics Mossfern Jan 2021 #32

Are you sure about that? nt Roisin Ni Fiachra Jan 2021 #48

Libertarians on parade! struggle4progress Jan 2021 #37

Far right provocateurs? roamer65 Jan 2021 #39

Rose Twitter Types. They wanted Trump to win. JI7 Jan 2021 #43